at-home

[ at-hohm ]

noun

1. Also at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.

adjective

1. done or used in the home; intended for one's home:

   a new line of at-home computers; at-home assignments for free-lance workers.

at-home

noun

1. another name for open day
2. a social gathering in a person's home

Word History and Origins

Origin of at-home¹

First recorded in 1740–45

Example Sentences

Manny Wallace is best known for his at-home chemistry experiments.

From BBC

They coupled the NanoGripper with a photonic crystal sensor platform to create a rapid, 30-minute COVID-19 test matching the sensitivity of the gold-standard qPCR molecular tests used by hospitals, which are more accurate than at-home tests but take much longer.

From Science Daily

The researchers used at-home sleep studies for more than 1,100 adults in Brazil who did not have moderate to severe sleep apnea -- conditions already known to be linked with high blood pressure, though some participants did have mild sleep apnea.

From Science Daily

Harris has tried to win over voters like Rice with proposals aimed at assuring the middle class, such as stipends for first-time homebuyers, a Medicare expansion for at-home nursing, an expansion of the child tax credit.

From Los Angeles Times

In the first series of The Gift, Jenny Kleeman looked at the extraordinary truths that can unravel when people take at-home DNA tests like Ancestry and 23andMe.

From BBC

Related Words

• banquet
• barbecue
• bash
• feast
• festivity
• gala
• luncheon
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